Project Detail

16 District, 16 Floors, 16 People

Synopsis

Featuring a district in Yerevan, Armenia, where the legacy of the Soviet Union still occupies the minds and daily lives of the residents living in these huge unfinished monolithic structures, which were originally planned and positioned to spell out the letters CCCP.
The film highlights the community's everyday issues and concerns, linking the past and present with all its changes and difficulties of the people once living in a superpower that has now become a decaying empire.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - International Competition

Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
19 mins 45 secs
Format
Full HD
Director
Tatevik Vardanyan
Producer
Tatevik Vardanyan
Executive Producer
Garo Berberian
Editor
Tatevik Vardanyan
Screenwriter
Tatevik Vardanyan
Director of Photography
Tatevik Vardanyan, Vahe Nersisyan, Alex Tarverdi
Production Designer
Razmik Zatikyan
Composer
Kai Engel, 'Sunset' ; Technology of Silence 'Ruins of Soviets'
Principal cast
Anahit Yengibaryan, Andranik Harutyunyan, Artur Harutyunyan, Avetis Paronyan, Biata Tikhonova, Hakob Aghekyan, Hamlet Harutyunyan, Hamlet Malyan, Hasmik Gevorgyan, Janna Gevorgyan, Kristina Aghasaryan, Lavrent Tovmasyan, Mamikon Muradyan, Narek Sargsyan,

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